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Cumming, county can't work out sales tax dispute
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Officials with the city of Cumming and Forsyth County were unable by late Tuesday to hammer out a deal to try to salvage the county's special purpose local option sales tax, or SPLOST, and millions of dollars in potential revenue.
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Panel tries to cut back Atlanta pipe plans
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With Atlantans already facing the possibility of higher taxes and reduced services, Atlanta City Council members asked Tuesday about heading off plans to increase water/sewer fees 80 percent over four years to pay for pipe upgrades.
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Atlanta city leaders get scolded at public hearings
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta taxpayers and employees delivered the same message Tuesday evening to city leaders: do a better job budgeting.
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Perry closer on impact fees
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Macon Telegraph
The Perry City Council moved one step closer to considering impact fees. But the members must hear from the pubic twice before doing so.
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Centerville council OKs deal on animal control
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Macon Telegraph
A day after the city of Warner Robins narrowly approved a tentative agreement for a joint animal shelter, Centerville City Council voted for it with no such reservation.
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Macon City Council adopts commission to carry out the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream
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Macon Telegraph
The Macon City Council on Tuesday voted to approve the creation of a commission that will advocate for nonviolence, justice and racial understanding in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will commemorate King's life and work through community programming and activities geared toward youth.
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Forsyth Council adjusts budget due to revenue shortfall
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Macon Telegraph
City Council made a number of adjustments to its 2008 budget Tuesday night to account for money it is spending to prepare the Tift College campus for the Department of Corrections to relocate its headquarters there and to offset $1 million less in revenue the city is expected to bring in through the electricity it sells to city customers.
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Macon officials working to resolve grant issue
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Macon Telegraph
In some ways, Macon officials are flying blind as they try to get a grasp on the potential $1 million lawsuit that has been threatened by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Hearings scheduled on property taxes
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Athens Banner-Herald
The Athens-Clarke County government will hold the first of three public hearings Thursday on a proposed property tax increase.
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Athens Banner-Herald
Mayor Heidi Davison cast the deciding vote at an Athens-Clarke Commission meeting early today to restore $50,000 in federal funds to two Athens nonprofits.
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Augusta Commission lets MCG acquire land
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Augusta Chronicle
Augusta commissioners overwhelmingly approved a plan Tuesday that will allow Medical College of Georgia to gain the property of the Gilbert Manor housing project and use it for expansion.
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Euharlee police chief Martin to retire
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Cartersville Daily Tribune News
Euharlee Police Chief Chuck Martin announced Tuesday that he is retiring from law enforcement, leaving his position with the city effective May 14.
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Moratorium affects school's plans to move to Suwanee
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Gwinnett Daily Post
The president of a three-year-old Catholic school is worried that a building moratorium in Suwanee will keep it from moving its campus to the city.
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Bar owners seek sales extension
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Newton Citizen
While the City Council mulls over an update to the alcohol ordinance, restaurant and bar owners are pushing for an extension of hours that alcohol can be sold.
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Porterdale OKs liquor ordinance
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Newton Citizen
The City Council gave final approval to a distilled spirits ordinance Monday night that opens the way for sales of liquor by the drink in Porterdale.
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City commission disapproves of apartment plan
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Cherokee Tribune
The Woodstock Planning Commission once again recommended denial of a proposed plan to build 210 apartments near a busy intersection.
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Canton police to use Tasers
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Cherokee Tribune
Canton Police Department Officer Luke Barrett now knows what 1,200 volts of electricity will feel like to a suspect he shoots with his newly issued Taser.
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City BOC discusses budget deficit
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Griffin Daily News
The Griffin Board of Commissioners discussed the city’s projected $4.7 million deficit and ways to cover that deficit at a special budget workshop Tuesday morning.
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Dunaway, Goldstein conflict continues
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Marietta Daily Journal
City Attorney Doug Haynie may have found himself between the proverbial rock and hard place, caught in the middle of Councilman Philip Goldstein and Mayor Bill Dunaway.
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City re-dedicates park on Farmer
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Newnan Times-Herald
Tuesday's rededication of Newnan's C. Jay Smith Park breathed new life into a part of Newnan's history.
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106 days and counting
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Franklin County Citizen
Mayor Brian James presented the final (again) plans for the property which used to be Dixie Dale. For two years the city has been working with developers to bring new business to the corner and has finally signed off on the project
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Shirley bids farewell
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Franklin County Citizen
It's now official. With Lavonia Police Chief Randy Shirley's resignation going into effect today, the city of Lavonia will be in pursuit of a new police chief.
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Carrollton cut smaller; VR larger in SPLOST plan
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Carrollton Times-Georgian
Carrollton would get millions of dollars less and Villa Rica millions more under an approximate breakdown presented Tuesday of how 2008 special purpose local option sales tax money would be distributed between the county and cities.
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Bowman council hears debate over mobile homes
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Elberton Star & Examiner
A dispute over a “grandfathered” lot where three mobile homes have been installed off Highway 17 in Bowman dominated the city council’s meeting Monday night.
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Dirty air detected in Dawson: Smog, ozone levels among state's highest
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Dawson Community News
The state begins issuing smog alerts tomorrow, the first day of smog season. But Dawsonville was already one of four Georgia cities that recorded high concentrations of dirty air earlier this month.
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Georgia Cities Week celebrated: Dawsonville recognizes its residents
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Dawson Community News
Rosie Weaver loves Dawsonville, and Dawsonville loves Rosie Weaver.
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Lula denies request for commercial rezoning
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Banks County News
A rezoning request for property on Belton Bridge Road was denied by the Lula City Council last week.
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'Get To Know Your Neighbor' Proposed To City Commission
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Waycross Journal-Herald
A group of Waycross citizens are coming together to help parents and children "get on the right road" before problems get out of hand, and the group is asking the Waycross City Commission to join them in their efforts.
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City OK's water well bid
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Bainbridge Post-Searchlight
Extending city water and sewer service to the new site of Bainbridge High School will add more than $1.3 million to the necessary cost of opening up the school by 2009.
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City partners with Fire Corps team
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Statesboro Herald
City council unanimously agreed Tuesday to jointly fund a mobile unit designed to support the victims of a fire tragedy immediately after fire professionals are called to an emergency. Working in conjunction with Fire Corps, a new volunteer and donation sponsored arm of the Statesboro Fire Department, the city will pay for on-going expenses including insurance, fuel-costs and maintenance.
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Water restrictions eased for public utilities, not residents
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Gainesville Times
Gainesville and Hall County will remain under level four drought restrictions as they have been since last October, state officials said at Tuesday’s meeting of the state drought response committee.
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Gainesville votes for RaceTrac gas station; resident says they were betrayed by City Council, mayor
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Gainesville Times
Seasons on Lanier residents won the first battle against the Atlanta developer trying to change their neighborhood, but it was Easlan Capital of Atlanta Inc. who won the war.
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Brunswick sewer job nears end
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Florida Times-Union
A sewer repair project that has stifled business at the northern end of Norwich Street since September is finally coming to its end.
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Nottingham traffic plan in works
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Albany Herald
The dire need to alleviate staggering traffic on the Nottingham Way-Ledo Road exchange in Albany’s northwest corner now has a plan in place ... and it has a price tag.
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Vice Mayor Joe Lewis tables request for moderate-low income senior citizen housing
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Tifton Gazette
In an unexpected move at the City Council meeting Monday night, city Vice Mayor Joe Lewis made a motion to table a request for a special exception for the senior citizen development of Harbor Pointe Phase II to be located at E.B. Hamilton and Carpenter Road. By unanimous vote, the request was tabled until a special called meeting scheduled for May 12.
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Questions arise in purchase of dog-catcher’s truck
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Cordele Dispatch
Just how big does a dog catcher’s truck need to be?
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